“It’s been 25 years since Canadian MPs set an ambitious goal: to end child poverty by the year 2000. But a quarter of a century later, the number of kids living below the poverty line remains unchanged.”

“Research has shown a strong connection between poor housing conditions and health problems, such as asthma, lung cancer, lead poisoning, and other injuries. Children in general, but especially those living in colonias, are more vulnerable to such health issues than adults.”

” After investigating the factors in a person’s life that can best predict whether they will lead satisfied lives, a team headed by one of the UK’s foremost “happiness” experts, Professor Richard Layard, has come up with an answer that may prove controversial.”

“A court has ruled that the individual testimonies of 40,000 Indian residential school survivors will be destroyed after 15 years, unless a survivor chooses to preserve their story in a national archive.”

“The theme aims to highlight the importance of implementing the rights of indigenous peoples through policies and programmes at both the national and international level working together towards this common goal with Governments, the United Nations system, indigenous peoples and other stakeholders.” http://www.un.org/en/events/indigenousday/

“Genomics is moving at a lightning pace. Whole genome sequencing, a special type of genetic test, can produce much more information about a person’s genes than ever before. However, this rapid advance in technology has outpaced our ability to understand what to do with all of this additional information. As a result, patients and clinicians are faced with difficult decisions.”

CHEO (the Children’s Hospital of Eastern Ontario), celebrated its 40th anniversary on May 15th 2014. Shirley Post was one of the individuals who strived to overcome the challenges to building the hospital.